Hand held and operated reel



Feb; 16, 1965 H. A. WILSON HAND HELD AND OPERATED REEL 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 5, 1962 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Feb. 16, 1965 H. A. WILSON HAND HELD AND OPERATED REEL 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed 001;. 5, 1962 INVENTOR Henry A. W23 Zsow ATTORNEY Feb. 16, 1965 H. A. WILSON 35 HAND HELD AND OPERATED REEL Filed Oct; 5, 1962 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,169,723 HAND HELD AND OPERATED REEL Henry A. Wilson, 333 S. Guifview Blvd,

(Ilearwater Beach, Fla. Filed Get. 5, 1962, Ser. No. 228,669 11 Claims. (Cl. 242-96) This invention relates to novel constructions of a reel and particularly to a hand held and operated reel such as may be used for winding or unwinding the cord or strand used in flying a kite, or in kite fishing etc.

An object of this invention is the provision of a light weight compact hand held reel that may be used in reel ing cords or strands such as are used in kite flying and/ or fishing etc.

A further object of this invention is the production of a hand held reel which may be formed and assembled from light weight tubular metal stock.

An additional object of this invention is the provision of a circumferential series of tubular line carrying fork members connected at the bite thereof by an annular tubular rim of a hand held web member which web or core member has a suitable hand grip in the plane thereof and a line carrying portion rotatable about said hand grip.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a dual hand held and operated reel having a supporting web portion comprising a pair of independent rotatable hand grips therein and disposed in the plane of the web on opposite sides of the axis of rotation of said reel.

Still another object of this invention is the provision of a hand held reel having a web and common means within the web to rotate and therefrom. V

The above and other objects will become apparent upon consideration of the following specification taken with the accompanying drawings, which together form a complete disclosure of my invention. i

to control the unwinding of a line within this semi-tubular annulus or bushing 14 with a running fit, there is journaled an annulus 16, which may be toroidal or, as shown, solid. Diametrically of the annulus 16, a bar 18 is suitably afiix ed, as by soldering or welding, to serve as a hand grip. This bar 18 may be solid, but preferably, is tubular as shown, to reduce weight. I

About the web or core member 12, a plurality of substantially U-shaped spokes 20 are suitably afiixed and equally spaced with their open portions facing outwardly. About the spaced legs of these U-shaped spokes 20 is a pair of annuli 22, 24, which are suitably aflixed thereto as by soldering or welding. The spokes 2 0 and the annuli 22, 24 are, preferably, tubularas shown. This construction provides in annular form a sort of open ribbed trough to receive and direct a line 26 to be wound there over. Within the hand grip 18, and the annulus 16, at either end thereof, I mount athumb actuated brake member 28. As these brake members and their operating means are alike, only one thereof shall be described. The brake member 28 is located in a recess in the annulus 16 and has a plunger 32 projecting inwardly through an opening 34, in the annulus 16.. The inner end of the plunger 32, is bifurcated and receives between the furcations 36, a link 38, retained by meansof a pivot- 40. A disc member 42, having a tail 44, is rotatably mounted on a pivot 46, passing through the annulus 16. The, other end of the link 38 is eecentrically attached to the disc In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference relate to like parts throughout the several figures:

FIG. 1 is an axonometric view of one form of my hand held reel; h V v FIG. 2 is a vertical section on the line,22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;. I

FIG. 4'is a fragmentary elevation partly in section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary section on the line 55 of FIG. 4; p

FIG. 6 is an elevation of a modified form of reel; FIG. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of FIG. 6; 7 p

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary elevation, party in section along the line 8-8 of the reel web of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary section on the line 9-9 of FIG. 8; p 7 FIG. 10 is an axonornet'ric view of a further modified form of my reel; v a i FIG. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation partly in section, of the hand grip shown in FIG. 10; FIG. 12 isva vertical section on .the line 12-12 of FIG. 11; v ,7

FIG. 13 is a fragmentary section on the line 13-43 of FIG. 11; and

FIG. 14 is an exploded axonometric View showing the assembly of the hand grip and bearing.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-5, the reel designated gen-i a crank member 56. A handle 42, by means of a pivot 48 see FIG. 4. A buttonySt) has a stem 52 which extends into the tubular hand grip 18, and is biased outwardly by a spring 54, surrounding the stem 52. The tail 44 of the disc member 42, is bifurcated and a pin 54a in the end of the stem 52 rides between the furcations. The brake member 28, is toroidal Y as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 2, aboutthe supporting web12,

erally as 10 includes a circular web or core portion 12 and annulus 14, a line such as at 26 may be wound upon theygenerally 'U-shaped series of spokes 20. x If the line 26 is being payed out, the rate of'movement maybe con-. trolled by exerting thumbfor finger pressure on one or; both of the buttons 50.' The'reel 10 is illustrated as being intended for counter clockwise rotation.

It is equally adapted for clockwise rotation for winding a line thereon. In FIGS. 6 to 9 there is shown a modified form of' reel which willnow be described. vThe reel of these FIGS."

The web or core portion of thereel ea, shown entirely "in" FIG. 6, comprises an inner one-piece tubular annulus '62, within which, in substantially diametrically arrangement, are affixed two like, iefa pair of annular semi-tubular ring-like'bushing members 64," 66. These semi-tubular annuli-shapedbushings- 64, 6,6, are peripherally connected I to each other at one point 65, as by soldering or welding and'extend radially outwardly in opposite directions therefrom as the centerori axis of the reel. Said pair of ringlike members are further diametrically aflixed as by sol-v deri'ng or welding to the inner peripheral surface of the inner annulus 62, as is shown enlarged in FIGS. 6 and 8.

open type trough formed by 1 erating bars lltl and 111. I V

' The operation of the device should be apparent from H two peripherally connected semi-tubular ring-shaped bushing members 64-66, there is rotatably mounted an annulus 68-69. Further that. each said independently rotatable annulus 63-69 is provided with a radially extending hand bar or grip 70-71 which intersects the axis thereof and which is afiixed at its opposite outer ends to the inner periphery of its respective annulus. Each said annulus 68-69 may, of course, be solid or may be tubular as desired. An annulus series of radially extending spokes 76' are connected at their inner ends to the outer periphery of the annulus 62 and at their outer ends to the inner periphery of a considerably larger annulus 78, which is concentric with the inner annulus 62. Hence, it will be seen that a relatively large and strong but lightly constructed core or web portion is provided about which a line collecting rirncomposed in part of a circumferential series of uniformly spaced U-shaped trough forming members 80, preferably each radially extending from adjacent the end of a-spoke 76, with the legs thereof projecting outwardly. About the laterally spaced, radia1ly projecting ends of the legs of these U-shaped members 80 there is a pair of correspondingly spaced rings or annuli 82, 84 which are soldered or welded thereto completing the annual rim of the reel. 7 A line 126 may be wound in the these U-shaped members 89 asis shown inFIG. 6. To operate this reel 60 one merely grasps both hand grips 70 and 71, one in each hand and by rotating the hands crankwise eccentrically about each other and the central point of juncture 650i the semi-tubular bushing members 64 and 66, the line 126 may be payed out or reeled in, depending upon the direction of rotation. The

reel 60in this operation may describe a somewhat wobbly motion depending upon the skill of the operator. This is due to the virtual impossibility of holding the center. point 65 stationary of a large reel in space as will be readily understood.- i I Referring now to FIGS. to 14 showing a further modified form of the reel, numeral 100' indicates the reel as a whole. Reel 100 comprises a disc-like web 101 having an annular rim member 102 attached thereto at the shoulder or rim base 103. 4 The annular rim member 102 is provided with a substantially U-shaped outer periphery 104 which comprises the reel proper for receiving a line Within the web 101 are two eccentrically arranged-apertu'res'and contained'rotatable hand grips and bearings we to be operat'ed by the right and left hands. These grips are alike in all major respects. and have the same reference numeral, so that the description of one sufiices. The web 101 is 'provided'with an integral annular toroidal portion 107 which constitutes a. bearing for the rotatable hand grip. The connectedv hand griprand bearing part comprises a; pair of annular part tubular members 108, 109. These members. 108, 109 are substantially quadrants of a towns, and; are arranged when in edge-to-edge engagein FIGS. 11 and 12. 1 1 Attached attheir ends to the ametrically extending hand gnip bar, reel rotating means I inner curvedperipheries oft-the edge, contacting members 108, 109'as by welding,

within the skill of the art and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a light weight hand held reel constructed of bar stock sections throughout and adapted to receive a line thereabout and to pay the line out therefrom, a planar core and web portion therein, hand grip bar means mounted in said core and Web portion and extending within the plane thereof, said core and webportion being mounted for relative rotation, an annular series of uniformly spaced U-shaped bar members radially con nected at the bights thereof to said portion in the plane thereof and providing between the radially extending legs of said members a generally annular trough shaped line support between said legs, said core and web portion also including a hand cranking bar portion connected in the plane thereof and extending normal thereto, and annular bar members disposed on opposite sides of the plane of said core and web portion rigidly joining prises a semi-tubularannulus partially encompassing said ring-shaped bar member and being rotatably mounted thereon. 1 a

4. The structure according to claim 3 wherein said hand grip bar means is tubular; a brake shoe carried by V said ring-shaped bar member, within said semi-tubular annulus, and means extendingwithinsaid tubular hand grip-and through said ring-shaped bar member for moving said brake shoe relative. to said semi-tubular web portion. 1

7 5. In a hand held reel adapted to receive a line there- 7 about and to pay the line out therefrom, having a core and web portion which includes a semi tubular annulus, hand grip means comprising an annulus rotatably mount ed Within said semi-tubular annulus and having a diassociated with said core and web portion, an open type 1 annular trough-shaped line :supporting means radially mounted on said core and web: portion, said troug shaped line supporting means comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced U-shaped members sava es:- wardly extending legs, and annular members joining the ends of the'legsat each side ot the U-shapedmembers. 6. The structure as definediin claim 5," wherein the [reel rotating means comprises a crank extending trans versely of thecore and web portionpand' a handle reare. semi-tubular cooperating bars 110,111 respectively,

viceisassembled as, shown in FIG. ,14 by means of rivets or the like 113 passing through openings 114 in the coopstruction of the hand herein detailed may be sub-. stituted for that shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 inclusive Having thus described my invention, I desire it to be understood that changes and modifications may be made which together formthe hand grip 112, The whole deta'tably mounted on said'cran'k."

,7. The structure as definedin claim 6 including means for controllingthe rotation of saidjreel relative tosaid hand grip means.

'T 8;Thest'ructnras" dam in alarm 7 wherein the controlling means comprises a brake shoe mountedrin theannula'r'portion of the hand grip means and engageable with said semi-tubular annulus, and operating means therefor mounted in the diametric hand grip bar.

9.'The structure aside-finedin claim 5 wherein the reel rotating meanscompri's'es'a second semi-tubular ant nulus arranged in the core and web portion and including annular member rotatably mounted therein and having'a diametric hand grip bar; I a

10. The structure as def ned in claim 9. including a hers are attached attheir bights to the tire. 1 1. In a light weight hand {reel construction, a 'substantially planar core and web portion, an annular U- shaped peripheral line receiving portion surrounding said core and web portion, hand grip bar and bearing means mounted on said core and web portion and extending substantially in the plane thereof, said core and web 5 portion and said hand grip bar and bearing means being relatively rotatable, and reel rotating means also mounted on said core and web portion, said reel rotating means comprising a further hand grip and bearing member and wherein said grip and bearing members 10 are eccentrically mounted.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Roe Aug. 7, Leber May 15, Sundstrand July 22, Eisenbeis Jan. 18, Lofgren Aug. 23, Fong June 6, Bernard Feb. 11,

Hardy Oct. 31, 

1. IN A LIGHT WEIGHT HAND HELD REEL CONSTRUCTED OF BAR STOCK SECTIONS THROUGHOUT AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A LINE THEREABOUT AND TO PAY THE LINE OUT THEREFROM, A PLANAR CORE AND WEB PORTION THEREIN, HAND GRIP BAR MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CORE AND WEB PORTION AND EXTENDING WITHIN THE PLANE THEREOF, SAID CORE AND WEB PORTION BEING MOUNTED FOR RELATIVE ROTATION, AN ANNULAR SERIES OF UNIFORMLY SPACED U-SHAPED BAR MEMBERS RADIALLY CONNECTED AT THE BIGHTS THEREOF TO SAID PORTION IN THE PLANE THEREOF AND PROVIDING BETWEEN THE RADIALLY EXTENDING LEGS OF SAID MEMBERS A GENERALLY ANNULAR TROUGH SHAPED LINE SUPPORT BETWEEN SAID LEGS, SAID CORE AND WEB PORTION ALSO INCLUDING A HAND CRANKING BAR PORTION CONNECTED IN THE PLANE THEREOF AND EXTENDING NORMAL THERETO, AND ANNULAR BAR MEMBERS DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PLANE OF SAID CORE AND WEB PORTION RIGIDLY JOINING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID U-SHAPED BAR MEMBERS. 